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The Montessori School and Emerson Farm Middle School held a mock election Tuesday to teach students about presidential politics. Even though the results won't be known until Wednesday, the students were eager to take part.

Students took a short break from classes to cast their ballots for president. There were no long lines, exit polls or undecided voters, but it was evident there was some voting help from home.

"I talked to my parents about it," student voter Sia Balis said. "They were voting for that person, too, but I'm not telling because it's a secret."

"The Montessori school is about empowering and inspiring children to be responsible, responsible for themselves, for their community and the world. This is a representation of what we do every day in our classrooms," said Tamara Balis, head of school.

At least one group of students went a step further. They have their own registration cards that they produced when they came to vote.

Four years ago, a primary school teacher came up with the idea to help students understand presidential politics.

"It was my month to have the bulletin board in the lobby and I thought a great way to have the kids learn about the election and make it really concrete for them was to make the bulletin board a voting booth," teacher Nancy Palmquist said.

"I do feel like I really voted though we have like a really small school. I still feel like we voted for the school, not exactly for America, but for our school," student voter Iris Akbay said.

Some students are counting down the years until they can officially cast ballots.

"It feels pretty good. I mean, we get to vote and we are like sort of underage. It's like pretty awesome," voter student Torrey Dickson said.

"We had this discussion about if we could change the voting age to 16. I would vote for it because I would love to vote like now," student voter Becca Sulper said.

The students said they want to vote now, but plan to in a real election when they turn 18.